[gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> That it's not true. It connects to whatever init system do you have
>>>>> (OpenRC, SysV, systemd, Upstart),
>>>>
>>>> I'm curious: what if you don't have one? ??I use grub-legacy to boot
>>>> stuff other than Unix.
>>>
>>> When I said "it connects", I mean "calls". The same way it calls
>>> whatever thingy Window uses.
>>
>> Right. ??And what about non-windows, non-Unix systems that don't have
>> any thingy to call?
>
> Then you don't have an operating system.

Yes, I do.  It just doesn't have any sort of "init" system that's
visible from a bootloader. Right now I use grub-legacy to boot
embedded applications written using the eCos RTOS via the el torito
state2.  I take it that won't be something grub2 is capable of doing?

Grub2 can only boot Windows or Unix?

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